US: Boeing-Lockheed Granted Monopolyby Andy Pasztor and Jonathan Karp, Wall Street JournalJanuary 7th, 2006The Pentagon has given preliminary approval to a joint venture between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for military-rocket launches, endorsing a rare monopoly that could set a precedent for defense contractors facing slower military spending, said industry and government officials.

US: Lockheed Martin Is Hired to Bolster Transit Security in N.Y.by Sewell Chan and Shadi Rahimi, The New York TimesAugust 23rd, 2005A new world of transit security in New York City began to take form this morning, as officials disclosed plans to saturate the transit system with 1,000 video cameras, 3,000 motion detectors and a wide array of sophisticated gadgets, all intended to buffer the city's subways, bridges and tunnels from a terror attack.

US: Business booming for U.S. defense contractors by Peter Bauer, MenafnAugust 20th, 2005U.S. defence contractors are riding high these days, buoyed by rising Pentagon spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the high cost of homeland security in the U.S.-declared war on terror.
The fiscal 2006 defence budget is set to climb to 441 billion dollars, an increase of 21 billion dollars over 2005. It envisions an additional 50 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BELGIUM: Activists Occupy Lockheed Martin Office FOR Mother EarthFebruary 22nd, 2005A group of 13 anti-nuclear activists occupied the European headquarters of US arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin,in Brussels, in protest against the company’s close links with the Bush government, and specifically its production of nuclear weapons and weapons ued in the war against Iraq.

US: Titan to Pay Fine and Plead Guilty in Bribery Probeby Jonathon Karp and Andy Pasztor, Wall Street JournalJanuary 20th, 2005Defense contractor Titan corporation tentatively agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay less than $30 million to end investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of the settlement, Titan will admit that payments by its overseas consultants violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

US: Diminished Oversight Leads to Overpricingby David Phinney, Federal TimesApril 5th, 2004Ken Pedeleose’s eyes popped in awe as he plowed through a bill for airplane parts in 1999: $2,522 for a 4˝-inch metal sleeve, $744 for a washer, $714 for a rivet, and $5,217 for a 1-inch metal bracket.

USA: Inside Lockheed's $250 Billion Pentagon Connectionby Geoffrey Gray, Village VoiceMarch 19th, 2003George Bush has said if he is fortunate enough to be elected president, he is going to look at our whole military situation, including the tactical air account. He's noted that the 3000 number [of planes] seems a bit much.

Palestine: Death in Bethlehem, Made in Americaby Robert Fisk, The Independent (U.K.)April 15th, 2001Lockheed Martin of Florida and the Federal Laboratories of Pennsylvania have made quite a contribution to life in the municipality of Bethlehem. Or, in the case of Lockheed, death. Pieces of the US manufacturer's Hellfire air-to-ground missile lie in the local civil defence headquarters in Bethlehem less than two months after it exploded in 18-year-old Osama Khorabi's living room, killing him instantly.

US: Lockheed Martin's Tests on Humans
Environmental Working GroupNovember 27th, 2000On behalf of military contractor Lockheed Martin, Loma Linda University is conducting the first large-scale tests of a toxic drinking water contaminant on human subjects -- a precedent medical researchers and Environmental Working Group condemned as morally unethical and scientifically invalid.